WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1984
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BILL'S PROPOSALS +ENTIRELY TECHNICAL ♦
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THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 SOUGHT TO SET RIGHT A SMALL NUMBER OF INACCURACIES DISCOVERED IN THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THESE INACCURACIES FOLLOWED FROM THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE ORDINANCE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, SIR JOHN SAID, MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL.
THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED WERE ENTIRELY TECHNICAL AND DID NOT INVOLVE ANY SHIFT IN POLICY, HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED TO MAY 16.
REFUSE COLLECTION
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WAS GENERALLY CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM OF FLOATING REFUSE IN HONG KONG WATERS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON HENRY CHING SAID TODAY.
+BUT THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING FLOATING REFUSE WITHIN THE GAZETTED BOUNDARIES OF A PUBLIC PLEASURE GROUND WHICH IS A BEACH IS THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON F.K. HU, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SEVEN BILLS PASSED
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SEVEN BILLS - INCLUDING AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER'S BILL PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
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THEY ARE THE APPROPRIATION BILL 1984, THE EXCHANGE FUND (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, THE ARBITRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1964, THE MAGISTRATES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENTI BILL 1984, THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 AS WELL AS THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBER'S BILL. THE MATILDA AND WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984.
SIX BILLS WERE INTRODUCED AND READ A SECOND TIME, AND DEBATE ON THEM WAS ADJOURNED TO MAY 16.
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THEY ARE THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL
THE IMMIGRATION THE MONEY LENDERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, BILL 1984, THE SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) (AMENDMENT) BILL 198 THE APPRENTICESHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 AND THE PUBLIC OMNIELS SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984.